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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

Adapted from Ehrlich (2002); Stamatis (2002); George (2003); Bendell (2006); Bhuiyan et.al, (2006); Andersson et.al, (2006); Arnheiter and Maleyeff (2005); Nonthaleerak (2005); Kumar (2007); Magnusson et.al, (2003) Read more on Top 15 Lean Six Sigma Books to Level Up Your Continuous Improvement Efforts & Strategy on our website SCMDOJO!

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Intelligent IBP – a new role for supply chain planners

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. The decision role will cover decision preparation, facilitation, quality management and execution feedback.

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A Complete Guide On Process Maturity

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It was created in 1980 as an approach to quality management in software development. Its primary use shifted to Total Quality Management (TQM) during the 1990s, when statistical modeling techniques showed that increasing efficiency and reducing variability led to more mature processes.

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